Join Dr. Van Dyken as she discusses why you should think about skipping the banana in your smoothie. We discuss an enzyme called Polyphenol Oxidase (or PPO), and how it can interfere with the absorption of important nutrients like epicatechin.

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:55 The paper
01:22 Introducing Flavan-3-ols and PPO
02:43 Study Design
04:10 Take-away Points

References:
1. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/artic...
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
3. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...